This festival was unusual. Cooler, wetter, stinkier. On Friday, the weather was amazing. Probably as nice as its been at any of our five Austin City Limits Music Festivals. We made a long day of it, staying from School of Seven Bells great early set to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs closing things out. The beautiful new lawn was evident from the many barefooted festival goers, a novelty to anybody who's been to any of the recent ACL festival dustbowls.
Then on Saturday, the weather took a turn for the worse. Steady rains for pretty much the whole day made it difficult to endure. We ended up making it an abbreviated visit. Same on Sunday, when the weather was better but the festival grounds had turned into a smelly mess of bud and rotting grass. What was the likelihood? Since we've been here for almost two years, we've had no more than a handful of periods of steady rain. Then Austin had to get hit with one the first year that an expensive new lawn and irrigation system was installed. Hopefully the grounds didn't take too much of a hit and things are patched up for next year's fest. Meanwhile, I need to go get some rest. Catch my breath. Come back and we'll fill you in on the music and the rest of the festivities.
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